religious
===Etymology
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From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Латински religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō.
===Pronunciation
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===Adjective
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religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)
- Concerning religion.
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- It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
- Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.
- I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
- Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
- I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
====Antonyms
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- (concerning religion): irreligious, profane, secular, atheistic
- (committed to religion): areligious, irreligious
- (highly dedicated): casual
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====Translations
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concerning religion
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committed to the practice of religion
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highly dedicated
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===Noun
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religious (plural religious or religiouses)
- A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
- Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:
====Hyponyms
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====Translations
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member of religious order
===Further reading
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- religious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- religious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911